Golf

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJul 17, 2024, 08:10 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions TROON, Scotland — The Open Championship, the final major championship of the season, starts Thursday at Royal Troon Golf Course on Scotland’s west coast.

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJul 16, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions TROON, Scotland — While four-time major champion Rory McIlroy and Greg Norman have been the competing faces of a heated dispute between the PGA

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJul 16, 2024, 09:59 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions TROON, Scotland — Fifteen-time major champion Tiger Woods was among the people who reached out to Rory McIlroy via text message following his final-round

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJul 16, 2024, 08:16 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions TROON, Scotland — Tiger Woods said turning down an opportunity to captain next year’s U.S. Ryder Cup team was a difficult one, but one

Associated Press Jul 15, 2024, 06:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions GAINESVILLE, Va. — Lexi Thompson isn’t sure whether this year’s Solheim Cup will be her last as a player, but she showed her commitment to returning the cup to the United States by making an early visit to the demanding venue where the Americans

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJul 15, 2024, 09:00 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions TROON, Scotland — The 152nd Open, the last major championship of the season in men’s golf, tees off Thursday at Royal Troon Golf Course

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJul 15, 2024, 07:42 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions TROON, Scotland — The golfer who captures the 152nd Open Championship and lifts the Claret Jug at Royal Troon Golf Club on Sunday will

Associated Press Jul 14, 2024, 08:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. — Harry Hall chipped in for birdie from 45 feet on the third hole of a playoff to win the ISCO Championship for his first PGA Tour title. The 26-year-old Englishman closed with a 3-under 69 to get into the playoff with

Associated Press Jul 14, 2024, 05:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions AKRON, Ohio — Ernie Els won the Kaulig Companies Championship on Sunday for his first senior major title, closing with a 2-under 68 for a one-stroke victory over Y.E. Yang at breezy Firestone. A stroke behind defending champion Steve Stricker entering the round, Els

Associated Press Jul 14, 2024, 10:21 AM ET Open Extended Reactions EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France — Ayaka Furue made a late charge to win the Evian Championship with an eagle on the last hole to clinch her first major title Sunday. The 24-year-old Japanese golfer held her nerve with another clinical putt, having made three birdies in

Associated Press Jul 13, 2024, 08:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Nev. — Former tennis player Mardy Fish birdied nine of his final 13 holes Saturday to take a seven-point lead into the final round of the American Century Championship celebrity golf tournament. Under the modified Stableford scoring system, Fish had a

Associated Press Jul 13, 2024, 03:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NORTH BERWICK, Scotland — Ludvig Åberg overcame a pair of bogeys early on the back nine with two late birdies that carried him to a 5-under 65 on Saturday at the Scottish Open, slightly dampening the enthusiasm of a gallery fully behind local star

Associated Press Jul 12, 2024, 08:06 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. — Pierceson Coody followed an opening 11-under 61 with a 67 on Friday to take a two-stroke lead in the ISCO Championship, with the weekend cut a PGA Tour-record 8-under par. Coody, the 24-year-old grandson of 1971 Masters champion Charles Coody, birdied

Associated Press Jul 12, 2024, 10:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SOTOGRANDE, Spain — Dean Burmester shot a 5-under 66 for a one-shot lead Friday after the first round of the LIV Golf Andalucía tournament on a tough Real Club Valderrama course. Gusting winds on the course dried out the greens, creating firm putting surfaces.

Associated Press Jul 12, 2024, 05:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions AKRON, Ohio — Steven Alker overcame a double bogey on his fourth hole with three birdies on the back nine at Firestone for a 5-under 65, giving him a one-shot lead over Steve Stricker going into the weekend at the Kaulig Companies Championship. Stricker

Associated Press Jul 11, 2024, 07:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. — Pierceson Coody shot an 11-under 61 — the lowest round in his brief PGA Tour career — to take the first-round lead Thursday in the ISCO Championship. Coody had 11 birdies in the bogey-free morning round on Keene Trace’s Champions Course,

Associated Press Jul 11, 2024, 03:37 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NORTH BERWICK, Scotland — Justin Thomas dressed in tartan-patterned trousers and played the part Thursday in the Scottish Open with an 8-under 62, his lowest opening round on the PGA Tour since his 59 in the Sony Open seven years ago. Rory McIlroy was

Associated Press Jul 11, 2024, 02:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France — Patty Tavatanakit of Thailand posted seven birdies in a 7-under 64 at the Evian Championship on Thursday to take a share of the first-round lead with Sweden’s Ingrid Lindblad and Gemma Dryburgh of Scotland. Tavatanakit, 24, won her first major at